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A case could be made for Bellamy as the top player in IU history. In three college seasons from 1958 to 1961—freshmen were ineligible—Bellamy set school records for rebounds in a season (649), rebounds in one game (33) and double-doubles in a career (59). He averaged 20.6 points and 15.5 rebounds for his career.

He rounded out the best decade of center play by any school in Big Ten history: from Bill Garrett to Don Schlundt to Archie Dees to Bellamy. All four Hoosiers made a major All-America team.

Bellamy averaged 17.4 points and 15.2 rebounds as a sophomore, then 22.4 and 13.5 on coach Branch McCracken’s 20–4 team. As a senior, coming back from the Olympics, Bellamy averaged 21.8 and 17.8 (still the IU record) for a team that once ranked number four but ultimately fell to 15–9. In his final college game, he set a Big Ten record of 33 rebounds that still stands, and he scored 28 points in an 82–67 victory over Michigan.

Talents like Bellamy don’t remain in college for four years anymore. Yet his Indiana years are among his most treasured.